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1Make A Stand (horse) — Make A Stand Sire Master Willie Dam Make A Signal Damsire Royal Gunner Sex Gelding Foaled 21 March 1991 Country …
2stand for — {v.} 1. To be a sign of; make you think of; mean. * /The letters U.S.A. stand for United States of America. / * /The written sign = in an arithmetic problem stands for equals. / * /Our flag stands for our country./ * /The owl stands for wisdom./… …
3stand for — {v.} 1. To be a sign of; make you think of; mean. * /The letters U.S.A. stand for United States of America. / * /The written sign = in an arithmetic problem stands for equals. / * /Our flag stands for our country./ * /The owl stands for wisdom./… …
4stand\ for — v 1. To be a sign of; make you think of; mean. The letters U.S.A. stand for United States of America. The written sign = in an arithmetic problem stands for equals. Our flag stands for our country. The owl stands for wisdom. 2. To speak in favor… …
5make a stand — {v. phr.} 1. To take a firm position on an issue. * /He keeps talking about politics hut he never makes a stand for what he believes in./ 2. To take up a defensive position against the enemy. * /The retreating troops decided to make a stand by… …
6make a stand — {v. phr.} 1. To take a firm position on an issue. * /He keeps talking about politics hut he never makes a stand for what he believes in./ 2. To take up a defensive position against the enemy. * /The retreating troops decided to make a stand by… …
7make\ a\ stand — v. phr. 1. To take a firm position on an issue. He keeps talking about politics hut he never makes a stand for what he believes in. 2. To take up a defensive position against the enemy. The retreating troops decided to make a stand by the river.… …
8stand for — 1) be a sign of, make one think of I didn t know what the letters stood for so I was not able to write the correct name of the company. 2) speak in favor of something or show that one supports it All of the candidates stand for a platform of law… …
9make a stand — to make a determined effort to defend something or to stop something from happening. I felt the situation had existed for far too long and it was time to make a stand …
10To make a stand — Stand Stand (st[a^]nd), n. [AS. stand. See {Stand}, v. i.] 1. The act of standing. [1913 Webster] I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into their several ladings. Spectator. [1913 Webster] 2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense,… …
